What we want from Apple

[Ts O’grady]

Reconnect by using the import function. I right click on the event, choose Import and select the media.

[Aindreas Gallagher]

there was an interesting thread down there where adherents said what they thought was going to happen to multiclip – some of the booster solutions were odd to read.

If FCPX can’t start thinking independently and clearly as a non linear editor, if it cannot begin to problem solve its own, created problems, if it’s completely backed into the total weirdo corner with magnetic timelines, media that cannot reconnect because it’s on an event basis, haywire autosave, a colour corrector built out of a square, a single monolithic bin to represent all assets…

if FCPX is, in fact, an awful lot like what it looks like – a curly red haired Ubillos step child stamping its foot saying “I’m SMMart!!!” – well then its dead.
dead as dead ever was.

and god knows its dying. This place may yet be its very last echo chamber. There are no mythical part time snowboarders getting on board in droves, there is no industry pickup, no london shop will touch it, automatic duck just fled, and our roundtrip to FCP is now, weirdly, via a random stallion colour corrector. or CatDV.

marsh. sinking.

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[Steve Connor]

[Aindreas Gallagher] “and god knows its dying. This place may yet be its very last echo chamber. There are no mythical part time snowboarders getting on board in droves, there is no industry pickup, no london shop will touch it, automatic duck just fled, and our roundtrip to FCP is now, weirdly, via a random stallion colour corrector. or CatDV.
“

Has learning Avid put you in another dark mood Aindreas?

“My Name is Steve and I’m an FCPX user”

[Aindreas Gallagher]

avoiding it, avoiding it, avoiding it.

those I know with avid at their fingertips are *lording* it over the rest of us now I can tell you.

Lording.

January – new years and all. Full new kit bought at that point… and then i will bite that 30 day hell trial marathon bullet.

premiere’s basically fine tho. ish. familiar but a wee tad rough mind you.

My thoughts turn mostly to adobe’s ability to execute PR6 and find themselves a native prores style delivery codec.
I think they really need to do that? the native timeline’s grand, but they need a functional prores delivery codec of some sort.

Me and the many hordes are basically banking on a major PR6 at this point.

I more or less think FCPX is aperture, with all the implications that follow.

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promo producer/editor.grading/motion graphics

[David Lawrence]

[Aindreas Gallagher] “I more or less think FCPX is aperture, with all the implications that follow.”

Bingo.

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[Carsten Orlt]

[Aindreas Gallagher] “I more or less think FCPX is aperture, with all the implications that follow.”

and they are?

(just curious as I see similarities but not sure what you mean specifically?)

[Chris Harlan]

https://www.macrumors.com/2011/10/18/apple-records-q4-2011-earnings-of-6-6b-on-28-3b-in-revenue-tops-100-billion-in-sales-for-fiscal-2011/

In the linked chart of Apple revenues, FCP X is a small percentage of the 5% slice marked as other. Once upon a time Apple equipment sales were driven by Pro Apps. Now, they are probably no more than a minor annoyance to produce. The change in the financial status of Apple over the last decade is, or is nearly, unprecedented. We ain’t even a small pothole, let alone a speed bump.

[Ben Scott]

is the aperture remark related to it not being photoshop?

it isnt meant to be, its like lightroom

• the RAW dabyer quality is fantastic
• its retouch tools are sufficient for most purposes
• its metadata paste stamp tools are one of the best things I have seen in software for a while
• its printing has everything you would plus colorsync, something sorely missing in windows PCs
• its social media integration is unparalleled
• its windows configuration is fantastic
• the metadata in/out is very good

I suppose you are talking about the sluggishness which happens if your graphics card isnt bleeding edge brilliant, that I agree is a bit annoying
that the first few version had bugs is true, version 3 is much better and responsive

have you actually used version 3? have you seen the obscenely cheap pricetag

[Owen Wexler]

– TRACKS
– Legacy project support
– Multicam
– Robust legacy XML/EDL/OMF/AAF support
– the return of Color, Soundtrack Pro, and DVD Studio Pro
– Native RED editing with metadata
– Autosave vault
– Ability to reconnect media manually

Cinematographer – Editor – Motion Graphics Artist – Colorist

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[Kevin Patrick]

Here’s a list I’ve been keeping. I have also been feeding it back to Apple. I realize some of it might be trivial. I’m sure some of it is simply my lack of knowledge of FCP X and I might be able to already do what’s on this list.

Event Library:
EL: Re-link files
EL: Event and Project Library Manager, pick and choose what opens and what doesn’t.
EL: Remove disks from the Event and Project Library that I don’t (ever) need.
EL: Rename a clip, option to rename all instances of a clip.
EL: A column to show Keywords, as opposed to the twirl down.
EL: A column for A/V In Use.
EL: A column for Finder file name.
EL: A column for Finder location. (especially it’s it’s offline)
EL: Remove an item without Move To Trash. (Trash makes me nervous)
EL: A way to get back to the list of clips where I left off. (sometimes it jumps to 1st clip)
EL: A way to browse media not imported.

Editing:
Edit: View an audio waveform in the viewer. (or a bigger view when scrubbing in filmstrip)
Edit: Keyframe time remapping.
Edit: Keyframe color correction.
Edit: Normalize audio.
Edit: Close Timelines.
Edit: Timeline Inspector, see what event the clip came from.

Color Correction:
CC: Ability to move either the Angle or Amount by scrolling or entering numbers. (more precision)
CC: Rename each color correction, as opposed to Correction 1, 2, 3
CC: A levels style adjustment for RGB.
CC: White, Gray and Black Eyedroppers.

Settings:
Settings: Frame export. It always seems to default to PNG.
Settings: Default Scope, it always seems to be histogram.

Workspace:
Windows: Either, move the Scopes to second window/display, or make the scopes smaller.
Windows: Allow the Events window to be adjustable, on Second Display, it’s full screen.
Windows: Save user defined workspaces.

Keywords:
KW: Create, edit and manage collections of keywords by Project, or Event. (like and editor)
KW: A way to save and reload them after trashing preferences.

Miscellaneous:
Misc: External monitoring.
Misc: Background Render, Alert for done. (even outside FCP X)
Misc: Have Command+Tab take me to the Mission Control Space, not bring the open dialog box to the current space. (bug?)
Misc: Larger area (or movable pane) for viewing Project names.
Misc: A better user manual, with chapters.